Articles

The War Won’t End Until Putin Loses
by Anne Applebaum on May 23, 2022
Offering the Russian president a face-saving compromise will only enable future aggression.
World War II Is All That Putin Has Left
by Anne Applebaum on May 11, 2022
The regime offers Russians little more than selective memories of Soviet-era military triumph.
Ukraine and the Words That Lead to Mass Murder
by Anne Applebaum on April 25, 2022
First comes the dehumanization. Then comes the killing.
Liberation Without Victory
by Anne Applebaum on April 15, 2022
In a wide-ranging conversation at his compound in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells The Atlantic what Ukraine needs to survive—and describes the price it has paid.
There Is No Liberal World Order
by Anne Applebaum on March 31, 2022
Unless democracies defend themselves, the forces of autocracy will destroy them.

State of Tolerance